By Fred Starr
Las Vegas, NV (Hollywood Today) 1/7/13/– This year Las Vegas welcomes 149,000 attendees for the opening of “CES” Global Consumer Electronic Show 2013. While in Las Vegas it’s good to know about two things the economy and consumer trends; one could get lucky – and hit the jackpot with their consumer product. One time on 2013 “let it ride”…Manufactures know this is the first place to showcase there new engineered products and those never before seen items.
Buyers looking for that next big consumer trend. C/Net has compiled their top shelve picks. Trending this year are BIGGER Entertainment boxes, Smarter TV systems, smaller compact camera, 3D printer including laser television, all this and more, how lucky can we get in 2013, the numbers will tell.

LG announces a 100-inch laserTVLG’s range of televisions will be dominated by LED-backlighting LCDs and features like voice recognition and 3D, while only three models will boast plasma technology.

Personal fitness company Fitbit has just jumped further into the wearable tech market. The company unveiled its $99.95 Fitbit Flex device, an activity tracker designed to be worn all day and monitor movement, sleep, and calories burner

LG’s compact speakers support everythingThere are a surprising number of standards complicating the portable speaker market — Bluetooth, DLNA, NFC, and AirPlay. There’s one easy way around the problem: support them all.

Join CNET for live coverage of Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga’s CES 2013 keynote, which starts at 8:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Our live blog will bring you live video, news updates, photos, and running commentary.